The snow falls, each snowflake in its appropriate place*
Snow tires are on, skis are waxed. I love winter and am eagerly anticipating that first big snowfall. In two days, this blog will go into hibernation. Where did the summer go?
From the previous topic a reader has posed this probing question. He said "Why would you, a realtor that works at commission, not an economist, not a market analyst but bob Truman the salesman knows better than all the pros?"
After predicting the prices with uncanny accuracy in 2007, it would be a feat of unimaginable insight and clairvoyance to do it two years in a row, in these turbulent markets, so let's see how this year's prediction turned out:
In January 2008, I predicted the 30-day median price would rise as high as $430,500 and fall as low as $389,500 this year. So far, the price has been as high as $428,000(Feb), and the low is $390,000(today).
In the Calgary Herald yesterday, it said "Much attention, understandably so, is being paid to economic experts and what they have to say..." It goes on to say, "They get it right only 40 per cent of the time."
Now to answer your question of why I know better than the pros. I don't really consider it a part of my job description to predict the future. I take no credit for an accurate and lucky guess, but I do operate at a different level of consciousness than they do. They are entrenched in the structures of existing institutions which imprison the mind, and they continue to perpetuate the dysfunction in their work.
Do you ever wonder why I was the first one to give out free information to an extent never before thought possible by anyone? Information that was guarded and protected and not to be trusted in the hands of the masses? Maybe just a coincidence.
Most experts are operating under the prevailing thought that the only measure of progress is always more. The cancerous cell's only goal is to multiply itself until it consumes its host. We have been slow to learn that a paradigm shift in our attitudes and behavior will be necessary, not only for the economy, but for the survival of the planet. Will the recent financial crisis awaken people to the dysfunction of the modus operandi?
It's been a lot of fun, and I thank everyone for their comments. I look forward to re-connecting with you in the spring. In the mean time, you can visit my cross-country ski blog Ski Here.
*The blog title is a Zen saying which is appropriate for this time of year, and is dedicated to all who were angry and insulting. Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. If you listen. 